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Re:The Case for Transmissible Alzheimer's Grows by SubiculumCode on Sunday February 10, 2019 @12:41PM (#19128874)
Or perhaps infection by prions by metal dental equipment.
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Re:The Case for Transmissible Alzheimer's Grows by manmal on Sunday February 10, 2019 @04:36PM (#19130199)
Unlikely because only eye and neuro tissue would carry prions for contamination of equipment, right? Dental equipment should never come in contact with such tissue.
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Re:The Case for Transmissible Alzheimer's Grows by 1_over_n on Sunday February 10, 2019 @08:23PM (#19131383)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18648043

There was another HN thread about the "indestructibility" of prions, and I believe there is a growing consensus that they are not removed by existing techniques within dentistry.

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Re:The Case for Transmissible Alzheimer's Grows by b_tterc_p on Sunday February 10, 2019 @06:52PM (#19130942)
Aren’t gums chock full of nervous tissues?
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Re:The Case for Transmissible Alzheimer's Grows by manmal on Monday February 11, 2019 @02:45AM (#19132689)
Oh yes, you are right. I hope this whole issue will trigger some research. With these massive costs for Alzheimer's treatment coming towards them, even insurances should be interested in real advancements by now.
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Re:The Case for Transmissible Alzheimer's Grows by koheripbal on Monday February 11, 2019 @06:39PM (#19139628)
The upper palate has a direct line into the brain to facilitate smelling neurons. It is conceivable that a surgical operation on the upper teeth might cross contaminate patients.
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